The Tonics - Daddy

Very much like the below mentioned Sweet 45 this here muscular rocker has a rather wimpy bubblegum A side called “Hugger mugger mummery” which upon searching I guess has been on a few bubblegum comps. But this song here is a pretty good trippy rocker complete with massive fuzz guitars and a monster guitar solo that sounds nothing like the A side. And while it does still retain a certain pop sensibility and even a little bit of a soul vibe overall this is a real rock job! It looks like they had a few more 45’s on the Fontana label but there wasn’t much else I could find out about them but since I found this 45 it has been in constant rotation around the devil lair! Kinda sounds like a souled out version of a lost Blue Cheer track!!! Dig In!!!

The Tonics - Daddy

The Sweet - Man From Meca

Mostly known for their sickeningly "sweet" bubblegum brand of pop "glam" music, what we have here is a real MUSCULAR rock workout by The Sweet.

This aint no "Fox on the Run" or "Ballroom Blitz" or even "Little Willy" which just so happens to be the A side here. But this B side is a bit of Heavy Proto-Metal from 1973, and while this isn't quite on par as say Sabbath, Heep, Purple or the heavier side of Zep, this is certainly equal or better than any of the 2nd tier rockers like Foghat or Nazareth ever came up with... And while The Sweet certainly had some edgier songs this one really does it for me. One can only imagine if they put down the hairspray and leather trousers and actually tried to rock what other great heavy rockers they could have came up with.

The Sweet - Man From Meca

78's & nothing but 78's..

Today the devil is playing 78's and nothing but 78's...

I don't have very many 78's because i break about everyone i've ever owned but i have a few and i was thinking today that i never give this media enough attention so today no 45's and no LP's just 78's.

Unfortunately i have no way of downloading 78's yet but here's a few ditties i've played so far while enjoying a few ice cold Pabst blue ribbons. there nothing here that a major rarity but I'm enjoying myself!

Paul Howard & his Cotton Pickers - Rootie Tootie / The Fiddler with the Patch on his Pants
Tex Williams and his Western Caravan - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!
The Rambler Trio - Guitar Boogie
Ted Daffan's Texans - Born To Lose / No Letter Today
Peerless Quartest - The Railroad Section Gang
Louise Massey & the Westerners - Gals Don't Mean A Thing
Will Bradley Trio - Down the Road A Peice
Louis Jordan - Buzz Me / Don't Worry 'bout That Mule
Phil Harris & Orchestra - Some Little Bug
Betty Hatton - Hot Dog That Made Him Mad
Sally and Marvin Clark - Choocolate Whiskey and Vanilla Gin
Archie Bleyer - Fernando's Hideaway

and a bunch more i don't feel like typing....

Rumble Mambo, Rumble Boogie, Night Rumble

Anyone up for some more Rumble!!!???!!!???

1st up we have some more Rumble from Mr. Link Wray this time via a Mambo from 1963.

Link Wray - Rumble Mambo




The eighteenth century philosopher Voltaire wrote about experiencing "the best of both possible worlds". He may have had Don Cherry in mind when he penned those words as he is the only person ever to hold successful dual careers both as a singer and a golfer. In fact, many of Don's fans think he is two different men. Some know him as Don Cherry the golfer; others know him as Don Cherry the singer. But most know him as the singing golfer. Ha ha ha! I can't make this shit up i swear!

More oddities about Don: In 1956 Proctor and Gamble approached Don to create a jingle for their new product "Mr. Clean". (An accurate description of Don himself because he can honestly say he never drank or smoked his entire life). He did it and it proved to be one of the most successful commercial jingles ever.

This was the flip to his 1955 hit "Band of Gold".


Don Cherry - Rumble Boogie





Here we have Jerry Cole and His Spacemen from 1964 stuck smack dab in the middle of the Hot Rod & Surf craze this and Mr. Cole delivers the goods with this rockin' jam that slinks, slides, chugs aand indeed rumbles along!

Jerry Cole played lead guitar in the studio group Jerry Cole & His Spacemen, which featured Plas Johnson on saxophone, Ray Pohlman on bass guitar, Don Randi on keyboards and Hal Blaine on drums. After his stint with the Spacemen, Jerry took over for Van Morrison as the lead guitarist and vocalist for the group Them. He also did session work with the Byrds, Ray Charles, Johnny Rivers and countless others. Jerry also served as bandleader and lead guitarist for Sonny and Cher, Rick Nelson and even Elvis Presely!

Jerry Cole and His Spacemen - Night Rumble

Rumble, Rumble, Rumble, Rumble!!!!

Anyone up for a Rumble? Or Four!?!?

One of the Devils all time fave songs here:

1st up Mr. Link Wray born Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) with the original...

Wray was noted for pioneering a new sound for electric guitars, as exemplified in his hit 1958 instrumental "Rumble", by Link Wray and his Ray Men, which pioneered an overdriven, distorted electric guitar sound, and also for having, "invented the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarist," "and in doing so fathering," or making possible, "punk and heavy rock".

Wray apparently poked holes in is amps speakers to get a more "live" sound...

The owner of Cadence records Archie Bleyer hated this tune and refused to release it at the time of its recording however his step-daughter loved it and demanded he release it! Thank god for her!!!

Link Wray and His Ray Men - Rumble




Not Sure who Jimmy Carroll is or his Orchestra or what year this came out but i would guess 1958 or 1959 trying to Cash in on Wray's hit. They play this one pretty close to the vest here sounding like an alternate take of Wray's version and i find it odd that the writing credits are Sondheim and Bernstein... i mean what the fuck...??? Ether way this is a pretty cool version and one you don't see to often.

Jimmy Carroll and Orchestra - Rumble




Fast forward a few years to 1963 and here we have Mr. Nitzche's version. This is a bit more full version that the previous two with a little swing pep kicked in for good measure. Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche (April 22, 1937 – August 25, 2000) was an arranger, producer, songwriter and Academy Award-winning film score composer.

Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised on a farm in Newaygo, Michigan, Nitzsche moved to Los Angeles, California in 1955 with ambitions of becoming a jazz saxophonist. He found work copying musical scores, where he met Sonny Bono, with whom he wrote the song "Needles and Pins" for Jackie DeShannon, later covered by Cher, The Searchers, The Ramones and Crack the Sky. His own instrumental composition "The Lonely Surfer" became a minor hit, as did a big-band swing arrangement of Link Wray's "Rumble".

This is, IMHO, a fine tribute.

Jack Nitzsche - Rumble

Now Fast-Fast forward to 2005 and here you have the devil himself paying homage to the great one with a very metallized version of the Wray classic. Yep, that's me playing the gee-tar on this cut... I'm sure there are other version that fall between 1963 and 2005 but we decided to do this for our Hammerhead EP to keep the man's greatness alive!!!

If anyone digs this and wants more info on my band "Solace" here is our myspace page: Solace Doom





Solace - Rumble

Johnny Horton - Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor

OK, breaking away from the news of the world here is a real fire cracker of a cut from 1958 from Johnny Horton and a record the devil has been looking for on 45 for a good long while now, so when i saw this nice lp copy still in the shrink for a mere 6 bucks i couldn't resist.

This is a really rockin' rockabilly rocker that really rocks! I suppose most folks now his more country ballad hits like "The Battle of New Orleans" which won the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song won the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in 2001 was named number 333 of the Songs of the Century. In 1960, Horton had two other crossover hits with "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska". But before all that nonsense he was a rockin'!

Born in 1925 he died on November 5, 1960, Horton was killed instantly in a head-on collision with a drunk driver on Highway 79 at Milano, Texas while he was returning home from a performance at the Skyline Club in Austin.

Some odd notes worth mentioning:

# Johnny Horton reportedly had experienced premonitions several months before his own death about the possibility of dying in a car crash caused by a drunk driver. He always said that if he was in a head-on situation to drive into the ditch. His accident took place on a bridge so there was no ditch for which to head.

# Both Horton and Hank Williams were married to the same woman at the time of their death, and played their last shows at the Skyline Club in Austin, Texas.

# Both Horton and Hank Williams died in Cadillacs.

# Johnny and the Rowley Trio, (Jerry, Evelyn, and Vera), were returning from a performance when they heard over the radio about the death of Hank Williams. They were on Highway 79 going through the town of Milano, Texas — the same town where Johnny would lose his life seven years later.

But don't let that death stuff stop from from a boppin' & a tappin' yer feet to this country fried rocker!


Johnny Horton - Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor

The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come

In light of what is going on tonight i though this a fitting tribute....

Time has come today!

whatever your "political" beliefs no one can deny that this OG 11 minuet psychedelic opus is not one of thee greatest songs ever constructed...???

can you...????

The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come

Guy Marks - Loving You Has Made Me Bananas

father had the ship fitter blues...

this one goes out to all the devil's ladies...

Guy Marks - Loving You Has Made Me Bananas

Fatal Rage - Mutha LP 004

Ok, totally switching ears here from my Halloween month (i hope some of you enjoyed that?) I am back to some home spun New Jersey hardcore punk from 1983 with another Mutha records cult classic!

Formed in 1981, FATAL RAGE was the hardest, fastest, and most outrageous of the "Shorecore" bands. Fronted by the outspoken Jack Monahan (Jacko), the RAGE soon got a reputation for wild performances and terrorizing unsuspecting clubs with performances that immediately turned into nonstop slamfests. They had no problem finding an audience - the problem was finding a place to play as they were banned from all the Jersey clubs.

The 1st few Mutha releases are in my opining the 1st and finest of all the NJHC records and this is no exception. Not only do i have to credit bands like Fatal Rage as an influence but even more importantly lead singer Jacko Monohan, later of Dirge, in particular who I've known now for well over 20 years now.

Jack has been a important part of the NJ scene from way back in the day as he has booked shows at The Brighton Bar in Long Branch, among other places for as long i can remember and back in the day would even make road trips with my shitty hardcore band Social Decay to CT and Boston. He's been a great friend, that's not to say we have not had or problems over the years but anyway...

Fatal Rage were:

Jack Monohan (vocals/lyrics), Jeff Kibbe (guitar), Steve Cote (bass/vocals), Dicky Riddle (guitar), Andy Schweers (drums)

This is an absolute must for NJ HC fans or hardcore fans in general and has been lost for way to many years!

Also: Big Ups to Last days Of man On Earth for the great post about jersey hardcore & punk over there...


Side A:
Fatal Rage - Struggle
Fatal Rage - Assault
Fatal Rage - Jump & Die
Fatal Rage - Die Lady Di
Fatal Rage - Fatal Mistake
Fatal Rage - V.O.A.

Side B:
Fatal Rage - Copy bands
Fatal Rage - I'm Appalled
Fatal Rage - Yelling/Wartime
Fatal Rage - Kick That Kicker

Bent Bolt & The Nuts - Mechanical Man

From 1966 its the mechanical man by bent bolt and the nuts!!!

Nothing more really needs to be said but...

Happy Halloween!

Today you get all the 45's i just didn't have to time to properly post before Halloween. A fast & furious ending to the greatest month of the year! A month that starts with my Birthday on the 1st and ends with the greatest Holiday of them All!!!
Hope you enjoy! Enjoy this last day halloween blitz!

And lest you all think that this Halloween obsession is just some johnny come lately bullshit here is pic of me and my sis back in 1973 where its clear to see that I've always been a ghoul at heart!



Cheers!
dd

Bent Bolt & The Nuts - Mechanical Man

Count Lorry & The Biters - Frankenstein Stomp

You don't have to be a monster, but it certainly helps!

How about a soul full Frankenstein stomp???

Some nice female backing vocals offset by some Frankensten growls and an Igor type vocals, if you want to call thhem that....

Count Lorry & The Biters - Frankenstein Stomp

Morgus and the 3 Ghouls - Morgus the Magnificent

This is suppossedly Dr John under the name "Morgus and the 3 Ghouls" making reference to Morgus' show? True?

Morgus the Magnificent, aka Momus Alexander Morgus, is a fictional character on television shows that originated in the New Orleans, Louisiana television market. From the late 1950s into the 1980s Morgus was a "horror host" of late-night science fiction and horror movies. Morgus is a quintessential mad scientist created and portrayed by New Orleans actor Sid Noel. Assisted by executioner styled sidekick Chopsley, his well-intentioned experiments served as book-end pieces to the films, and typically go awry at the last minute.

Morgus first appeared on late night television on January 3, 1959, in the House of Shock, hosting the science fiction and horror movies in between experiments.

Morgus and the 3 Ghouls - Morgus the Magnificent

Gene Moss - Ghoul Days

This here is a rare 45 cut from one of the more famous "monster" records called Dracula's greatest Hits. Gene Moss was doing his best Dracula impersonation on the album that came with monster trading cards....

I'll leave the rest of the story to the pros......

Gene Moss - Ghoul Days

Jimmy Cross - I Want My Baby Back

If the Teenage Death Song wasn't dead itself by 1965 — and it wasn't — it certainly wasn't because Jimmy Cross didn't do his darnedest to put the last few nails in its coffin, so to speak. A preposterously funny sendup of the genre in general and of "Leader of the Pack" and "Last Kiss" in particular, Cross' one chart record, written by Perry Botkin, Jr. and Gil Garfield, is impossible to describe without giving away the joke, but I assure you, he does get his baby back, one way or another. Putting a B-side on this would have been overkill, so flipping this disc will turn up something called "Play the Other Side", which is actually the instrumental track, sans vocals and sound effects — a cue to deejays worthy of Phil "Tedesco and Pitman" Spector himself. Cross went from here to something called "The Ballad of James Bong", a tall tale about pop stars based on...well, yeah, you got it.

Jimmy Cross - I Want My Baby Back

Forward to the Caves Halloween Spooktacular

If anyone was diggin the Halloween posts were on the air for the next 4 hours playing all the spooky hits and then some!!!

www.wlfr.fm


from 6 to 10 PM EST
Bob & Jerry - Ghost Satelite
JayHawks - The Creatine
The Zanies - Do you dig Me Mr Pigmy
Kip Tyler & The Flips - She's my Witch
Crewnecks - Rockin Zombie
The Three D's - Graveyard Cha Cha
Lee Ross - The Mummy's Bracelet

Martian Orchestra - Martian Melody
The Tomkos - The Spook
The Symbols - Do the Zombie
Margus & the Darringer - Margus Creep
Barron Daemon - Ghost Guitars
Surfmen - Ghost Hop
The Crossfires - Dr Jekyll Mr Hyde
The Deadly Ones - Monster Surfing Time
The Mysterions - Transylvania
The Trantulas - Trantulas
The Big Boys - Zombie
Kenny & The Fiends - House on Haunted Hill
Jack Marshall - The Ghoul
Mel Calvin - My Mummy
Yo's Yo's - Mole in he Hole
Bo Diddley - Bo meets the Monster
The Wild Tones - The Martian Band
Castle Kings - You Can Get him Frankenstein
Bert Convey - Monster Hop
Philly Joe Jones - Blues for Dracula
Tyrone A Saurus & the His CroMagnons - Monster Twist
Hollywood Argyles - Bug Eye
Joe Johnson - The Gila Monster
Vic Crume - Haunted House
Weird Tales of the Unknown(Dan Ocko) - The Black Cat
The Echos - The Little Green Man
Bobby Boris Pickett - Werewolf Watusi
Don Hinson & Rigamorticions - Riboflavin Flavored Non-Carbonated Polyunsaturated Blood

Vic Ciro - The Sound
Sonny Richards Panics - VooDoo Walk
THe Moontrekkers - THe Boogey Man
UpperClassmen - ChaCha With the Zombie
Bart Lewis - Frankenstein
Johnny Thunder - Horror Show
Hasil Adkin - Haunted House
Sam Sham - Haunted House
Gene Moss - I want to Bite Your Hand
Gene Bowlegs Miller - Frankenstein Walk
Moe Koffman Quintet - Cool Ghoul
Bill Dogget - Monster Bash
Buck Owens - Monster Holiday
Johnny Fever - Zombie
Ray Stevens - Rockin Teenage Zombie
Count Larry & The Biters - Frankenstein Stomp
The Pastel Six - The Stange Ghost
Salty Holmes - Ghost Song
Bobby Christian - The Spider & The Fly
The MoonTrekkers - Night Of the Vampire
The Shades - Strollin after Dark
The Johnson Brothers - Zombie Lou
Doc Bagby - The Spider

Eddie Bell - The Great Great Pumpkin
Dicky Doo The Donts - Flip Top Box
Morgus & The Daringers - Werewolf
Dave Gardner - Mad Witch
Dead - The Poets
The Monotones - Zombi
Denny & Lenny with the Hollywood Ghouls - Monster Love

The Yo-Yo's - The Mole In The Hole

With only 1 day left i give you a very weird merry-go-round calliope carnival organ type tune that is just plain strange... the Yo Yo's: Randy Starr & Dick Wolf. (Most definitely not the Law & Order Dick Wolf.) This is a fave in the house of the devils...

This one goes out to my boys...

The Yo-Yo's - The Mole In The Hole

Monotones - Legend Of Sleepy Hollow

Only 2 days left...

Check my Mix i did with The Red Boy for more Monotones!

The Monotones were a six-member African American "doo wop" vocal group in the 1950s. They are considered a "one-hit wonder," as their only hit song was "(Who Wrote) The Book of Love", which peaked at #5 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1958.

I'll take the legend of sleepy hollow over the book of love any day...

The Monotones formed in 1955 when the seven original singers — all residents of the Baxter Terrace housing project in Newark, New Jersey — began performing covers of popular songs. The members of the Monotones were :

lead singer Charles Patrick (born September 11, 1938)
first tenor Warren Davis (b. March 1, 1939)
second tenor George Malone (January 5, 1940 - October 5, 2007)
bass singer John Smith (b. May 13, 1938)
second bass singer John Ryanes (November 16, 1940 - May 30, 1972)
his brother, baritone Warren Ryanes (December 14, 1937 - June 16, 1982)

Monotones - Legend Of Sleepy Hollow

Hollywood Flames - Frankenstein's Den

Only a few more days left...

I hope a few of you enjoyed the red boy devils monster music mash up? er, anyway...

Today we have The Hollywood Flames, who were an American R&B vocal group in the 1950s, best known for their 1957 hit, "Buzz Buzz Buzz", but by 1958 when when this cut was recorded "monster" music was all the rage and these cats were up to the task here with a really rockin' "monster" tune. And is it just me or does the cat up front in the promo pic actually look like a black frankenstein...??? Maybe i had one too many beers tonight....?

Lin(da) Ware liked this one so much she put hher name on it 2x's....

And if yer cravin' some more monster juice head over to The Ghost Town for some more Halloween goodies, I can't guarantee you won't get some poison in yer candy...

Hollywood Flames - Frankenstein's Den

Red-Devil Halloween Spooktacular!

As I stated yesterday the Red Boy and I got together for some ghoulish fun and put some of our all time fave Halloween 45’s to the needle and put together a nice little 2 part mix in preparation of the final stages of Halloween!

So please dear fiends, dig in to the 1st part of what the red boy and i are calling the Red-Devil Halloween Spooktacular!

And don’t forget to head over to Blues for the Redboy for the 2nd part! (linky at bottom of post)

and now, on with the show!


Bob & Jerry – Ghost Satellite

DevilDick: Odd one here. Don’t know much about old Bob-& Jerry here except that this is supposedly one of Lux & Ivy’s (Uh, The Cramps…) faves and that Bob is Bob Summers on the gee-tar and Jerry is Jerry Le Fors:

And that these two wrote songs for Patsy Cline! I guess trying to catch fire with the “space” and “monster” themes of the 50’s they coupled the 2 together for this creepy instro. And upon further review I see this weird little instrumental is from 1958. It’s made the cut on various comps and I also see that The Hound has a liking for this tune. Good enough for me!


The Jayhawks - The Creature

RedBoy: Y'all remember 'Stranded in the Jungle' right? Well the 'Cadets' cribbed their hit version from these so-called So-cal 'Hawks' (the Gadabouts also released a version on Mercury). Tryin' to follow the 'Flash' formula on their new imprint 'Aladdin', the 'Hawk's' penned the enclosed 57'novelty romp, this time leavin' the jungle behind for a cemetery. I've always loved this tune. Perhaps it is upon hearing the phrase "Creature from the Black Lagoon" sung during a choral interlude, either that, or the fact the somebody 'wanders into the wrong record', a device the band would attempt again in their later incarnation the Vibrations!



The Zanies – Do You Dig Me Mr. Pigmy

DevilDick: I wanna see BLOOD!!!








Kip Tyler & the Flips - She's My Witch

RedBoy: Holy shit! This record is amazing! Definitely one of my top five faves, this record sounds like the audio equivalent of two people bangin'. Most people know ole' Flip from 'Jungle Hop, released on the Challenge label in 1958. And while 'Hop' is a stone-cold-killer - no doubt - 'Witch' is the jewel in Kip's Royal-Crown-Crown. Featuring sax-blaster Jim Horn (*wink*), on loan from Duane Eddy's Rebels, 'Witch' grinds it's way into the hips of history like no other song can.

Editor's Note: Peep out the Flips equally awesome, uh...flip here.

The Crewnecks – Rockin’ Zombie

DevilDick: Straight outta Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania we have The Crewnecks w/ a classic Halloween cut -Rockin’ Zombie. Unlike the creepy overtones of the mummy’s bracelet or mad witch this here cut is a fun rocker that will get all the Zombie’s shaking!!!

It took the devil a while to finally unearth an original 45, but I did, and here it is for you now!


The Three-D's - Graveyard Cha Cha

RedBoy: Can't say much about this cha cha chiller besides the fact that it is hardly 'Square' despite what the label might suggest. Cut in either 56' or 57', these D's also recorded several sides for Brunswick, Paris & Pilgrim before passing into that most frightening dimension of all - obscurity.





Lee Ross – The Mummy’s Bracelet

DevilDick: One time member of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, (is that true?) Lee Ross gives a spine chilling tale! If ever you needed a deterrent from going to a museum and steeling a bracelet off the arm of a mummy then this song is for you! When I put this song on one of my Halloween mixes last year for my kids, my little man who was 6 at the time told me “that song is too creepy Dad! Did the mummy kill the person?” yep son, the mummy killed the person, let this be a lesson, DO NOT STEAL FROM THE DEAD!!!!

Editor's note: Both me and me and DevilDick steal from the dead every day and I ain't never "turned to stone"...ok, maybe just that one time.

Devil Dick: 'Tis true but i hate to see what awaits in the next world in retribution of "stealin' from the dead"...



Clicky below to download or listen to part 1

The Red Devil Halloween Spooktacular! Part 1


Clicky below for part 2 and head over to my dear fiends page!

The Red Devil Halloween Spooktacular! Part 2

The Castle Kings - You Can Get Him Frankenstein

You better call Transylvania 999!!!

“You Can Get Him Frankenstein”, co-written by Phil Spector and Ahmet Ertegun, just one more of the many GREAT rock and roll records inspired by the golden age of horror movies.

The Castle Kings themselves were a vocal group who cut two singles for Atlantic records before promptly disappearing into obscurity.

Anyone know who these guys were???

Also, stay tuned for a spacial joint mix that The Devil's Music put together with Deacon Brimstone over at Blues For The Red Boy where we drank red wine and beer, watched gay Halloween specials from the 70's and put together some GREAT Halloween cuts for you just in time for your Halloween parties!

The Castle Kings - You Can Get Him Frankenstein

The Johnson Brothers - Casting My Spell - Zombie Lou

Time is running out for Halloween goodness, the leaves are changing and the weather is starting to get colder each morning here on the East Coast and less than a week away for all hollows eve so today you get 2 Halloween goodies froom the Johnson Brothers.

The Brothers Johnson are Alvin and Edward Johnson and these cuts were recorded after their brief recording career as The Souvenirs.

This 45 is from 1959 and rumored to have Eddie Cochran playing guitar on Zombie Lou???

Even though i believe Casting My Spell was written by the Johnson Bros I first heard this song done by The Johnny Otis Show & while his a great version on its own I think this version is better....

The Johnson Brothers - Casting My Spell

The Johnson Brothers - Zombie Lou